Article L622-7 of the French Commercial code
I. – The judgment initiating the proceedings entails, ipso jure, a prohibition on the payment of any claim arising prior to the opening judgment, with the exception of payment by way of set-off of related claims. It also automatically entails a prohibition on payment of any claim arising after the opening judgment, not mentioned in I of Article L. 622-17. These prohibitions do not apply to the payment of maintenance…